Necktie.



" OFFICE DAVID SAMUEIS, OF CHICAGO, ILI4IN0IS.

Application filed Match 15, 1911. S erial No. 614,746.

Ta aZZ whom it may concem: V

Be it 1moWn that I, DAVID SAMEI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the.county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invend a new and useful Improvement in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to neckties and par ticular]y to the class of ties provided with tabs for engaging the front collar button. In prior ties ofthis class a special band is inserted between the pfies of the tie t0 encircle the neck and the ends of this band project through openings in the inner ply and are provided with button holes for engaging the front oofiar button.

The object of my invention is to dispense with such special bands and to form the tabs of the tie material itself, the crie or more pfies of the tie being cut along a U or V fine to provide U shaped or V shaped tongues or tabs each being provided with a button hole. The edges of the pfies, around the button fioles, the tabs and the openings they leave, being button-hole stitched and thus protected. The tabs appear in position to receive the front coilar button and to bind the tie body snugly about the cofiar, the tie ends being then free to be tied into a bow orknot of any fashion. By haVing the tabs thus formed of part of the tie material the tie wifi be better held in place and cannot wrinkle and will always be in projper central position. In prier tics referred to the t-ie migfit wrinkle on acoount of expansion or contraction of the separate band. Also in washing the band is apt t0 fold and te destroy the smoothness of the tie. Such tics are also more 'expensive.

My improved construction is plainly shown in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective VieW of a tie, Fig. 2 is a section thereof showing more clearly the tab construction, and Fig. 3, is a sectiona view taken on plane 3-3 Fig. 2.

The tie shown comprises the. neck part 5 and the ends 66, a back button fiole 7 being provided. At points substantially equidistant from this rear button fiole, tabs are provided by cutting throngh the t1e material along the fines 9'9. The c1its may be along U fines as shown to provide rectangular tabs as shown or they may be a1ong V fines to provide triangular tabs, or along;

curved or other fines to form correspond ingly shaped tabs. Each tab is provided with a button fiole 10 for receiving the frontcollar button after the cofiar is in place on the neck band -of the shirt.

The feature of the imProvement fies in forming the tabs of the tie materia1 itself. The tie may be single ply Or multiply but in each casetfiecut is entirely 'through the material, and to prevent fraying or tealring the edges of the tabs. and the edges surrounding the button fioles and the openings left by the tabs are button-hole stitcfied as indicated at 11. As the tabs are thus a rigid part of the tie material the neck part of the tie will always lie smooth and snug against the coHarand,there are no separate bands t0 .fold over between the pfies t0 interfere with.laundrying of the tie or with its proper fit on the oofiar. Thetie can also be inore inexpensively manufactured. The tie ends may be tied into any desired style of bow or knot and such bows or knots Will always be retained in-proper central position in front of the co1lar. The entire tie will also keep its shape much better and remain unv wrinkled much longer as it is not required to draw the bows or knots so tightly as is necessary in ordinary ties.

I do not desire to be limited to the precise structure shown as modifications are of course-possible which would still come with-- marginal edges of the necktie, and having buttonholes provided in'said tabs.

In witness whereof I have signed my ,name to the foregoihg specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses 7 DAVID SAMUELS Witnsses:

- R. E. KEHOE,

'J. 0. MAN. 

